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(No Model.)

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SAMUEL S. GOLDMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BATHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,057, dated October 9, 1894.

Application filed November 4, 1893. $erial No. 489,992- (No model.)

To 11% whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. GOLDMAN, of the city of StLouis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bath-Tubs, of which the following is 'a full, clear,:and exact description, reference being had ,to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in bathing apparatus and consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts more fully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line a:a; of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 1s a vertical sectional elevation of the water heater or drum. Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line y-y of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isa perspective view of one end of the exterior of the heater; and Fig. 6 is a detail showing the construction of one end of the sheet that may be superposed over the removable bath tub.

The object of my invention is to construct a combined bath tub and heater wherein both tub and heater are removable from the receptacle to which they are attached, and wherein the outer or exterior surface of the removable tub is surrounded by a sheet or layer of water, thus raising the temperature of the bath tub walls and bottom to that possessed by the water contained within the tub; so that a person taking a bath can rest comfortably and without unnecessarily bringing the body in contact with a cold surface, as is now, so far as I am aware, generally the case.

A further object too is .to convert the device by removal of the heater and the water from the tub, into a couch or lounge of suitable pattern as will more fully hereinafter appear. In detail the device is constructed substantially as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a body portion or casing of any suitable ornamentation, and 2 a receptacle of a form to accommodate the removable bath tub 3. The bottom and walls of the tub 3 are separated from the receptacle 2 by a space 4, the tub being held in place by the lateral projecting pieces 5, 5, and pegs 6, 6, as best shown in Fig. 2. The sides of the removable tub are provided with suitable openings 7 to allow of the free circulation of the water between the interior of the tub and the space 4. surrounding the exterior of the same. The outlet tube 8 for the water communicates with a pipe 9 leading to the bottom of a suitable drum or water heater 10 designed to be superposed at one end of the casing 1 immediately over the tub 3. The bottom of the heater is provided with a hinged door 11 opening, downward, but which closes snugly against the sides of the heater by virtue of the upturned edges 12; and when so closed, the heater, with a suitable heating lamp 13 placed on the inside of the door 11, is made to rest securely on top of the casing by the retainingv strips 14 and 15, the former resting on top of the casing and the latter guiding the heater by coming in contact with the side interior wall of the said casing. The heater is composed of two water receptacles 16 and 17, running with the general length of the heater, the said receptacles communicating with each other at the bottom by the passages 18,18, as best seen in Fig. 4:. The space 19 is occupied by one or more of the lamps 13, the products of combustion escaping by passages 20, 20, thus circulating about the water receptacles and finally finding an escape into the open air by passage 21 (Fig. 3). The water in the heater 10 is introduced through a suitable opening in the top closed by acap piece 22; and provision for its escape is made by the outlet pipe 23 closed and opened bya valve 24 operated by a stem or rod 25 within the tube or casing 26. The pipe 23communicates with a steam pipe 27 leading into the water receptacle 17 above the water line, the two pipes having a common outlet tube 28 as best seen in Fig. 3. The outlet opening 28 communicates, when the heater is in position on top of the casing 1, with the pipe 9 leading to the water outlet pipe 8 of the receptacle 2; and when the water within the heater is being heated, the escaping steam first passes into the pipe 27, thence through the passage 28 into the pipe 9, the steam finally escaping by the outlet 8 into the space 4 around the removable tub, thus thoroughly heating the exterior of the same before water is admitted into the interior thereof through the pipe 23 controlled by the valve 24, the water of course finding access to the interior of the removable tub through the openings 7.

To each of the permanent legs 29 of the device is hinged a supplemental leg 30 swinging about the pivotal point 31, the supplemental legs being connected by a bar 32 so as to operate simultaneously. In their normal position the legs 30 are swung up so as to rest against the inner surface of the end of the casing, but when swung down so as to rest on the floor they will slightly raise that end of the bath apparatus thus slightly tilting the tub and allowingthe water contained therein to better drain off, the length of the legs 30 being a few inches greater than the distance between the pivotal point 31 and the floor.

In case a steam bath be desired and it is necessary to confine the steam Within the movable tub, I provide a sheet or shield of canvas 33 or like material which is superposed over the tub and depending from a series of rods 34 suspended from the opposite edges of the tub, the said rods having their ends bent so as to grasp the edges of the tub as best shown in Fig. 2. The rods are thus slid along the top of the tub spreading the shield of canvas over the same and thus confining the steam. The edge of the canvas nearest the head of the bather has an opening 35 cut therein to fit around the neck of the bather and thus better prevent the escape of thesteam from the tub.

To convert the apparatus into a lounge or sofa, the water is first drained off from the tub by opening the cook 36 of the delivery pipe 8. The heater 10 is removed by first extinguishing the flame and then deposited in the removable tub. The cushion 37 of the lounge or sofa is secured to a skeleton frame 38 whose depending edges 39 are constructed .to overlap the sides of the casing 1 and in this manner the sofa or lounge is completed.

It is apparent that the removable tub 3 is adapted to he used in connection not only with my present apparatus, but may be placed into any of the existing bath tubs having a solid bottom. By the use of the removable tub the walls and bottom of which are heated exteriorly to the same temperature as the interior thereof, the body of the bather is not exposed to variable temperatures and thus from a sanitary and hygienic standpoint is indeed most desirable. It is of course obvious that the walls of the inner tub or layer are heated and their temperature is maintained with that of the contained water, along the places of contact of said Wall with the body of the bather. This is an essential point in the present invention. Of course the inner tub or layer can be made of any suitable material, sheet iron, zinc, canvas, &c.

Having described my invention, what I claim is r 1. In a bathing apparatus, the combination of a bath tub, transverse rods adapted to slide along the upper edges of said tub, and a shield suspended from said rods, the said shield having a suitable opening at one edge to conform to the curvature of the neck of the bather, substantially as set forth.

2. A bathing apparatus comprising an outer tub, an inner removable perforated tub for the same, suitable projecting pegs on the outer surface of the inner tub adapted to rest against the inner surface of the outer tub, a water heater adapted to be superposed over one end of theouter tub, suitable outlet pipes forsaid heater, a suitable inlet pipe for the space between the inner and outer tub, said inlet p pe being adapted to communicate with the outlet pipe of the heater, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL S. GOLDMAN.

Witnesses:

T. PERCY CARR, EMIL STAREK. 

